Wichita eagle., 1887-04-08

OU Deniuu TIE corn CRU SeeltiSu 10 tIeiuDle
| with delight. Roseate hues tinted the cumu-
lous clouds, and the rlaintive whistle of the
"kildee" overhead became Che voluptuous
| notes of the mockins bird. Alosine had been
looking forward to this moment for the last
twenty years, and now it had come. Ali
how noble that M'sieu Hareese looked now.
Such strength. such dash, such manly beauty.
Her heart almost choked her. It's P1isations
We're rapid and strong.
II ham ware SoITee dat he ham gone, Sieur
Hareese,' she was just able to say. "Eet was
so good OBJ 20 70 to come"
oh don't mention that, mamselle. have
been thinking over this matter for long
time, and I must confess that was a little
afraid Of speaking to you about it. thought
would see Boucta first"
As i oslne looked at Aleck Harris now the
tears He'd Up into her eyes She had seen
his con Portable house on the prairie and had
very fair IDEA of his herd. Even while he
was talking she could fancy herself seated in
the big rocking chair on the gallery Of the
Harris home, dressed in pink and white
calico, with a breastpin of imposing size
glistening in her bosom. She had longed for
these things her life
Yes! Sieur Hareese, my brudder he ware
nice to Inc ell tie time, han ee kno. what ee
like, hi like" Then she thought that if Sieur
Hareese did not wait for her brother a day
would be lost, and in such affairs a day mean
an eternity. So, holding her sunbonnet be
fore her face just low enough to permit her
bag black eyes to peer over the edge. she said:
"SpoSe mi bTidder no come tell de eebening.
weel 70 tax seat han wait 70 imI'
Il can't wait. You see, I've got to decide
to-day"
She was sure the eventful hour had arrived.
She looked into the open door ct the front
room. Surely the 'Hareese" house was better
than this. She knew of his caITpeted floors.
marhle-top tables and handsome pictures, and
sho ycaIned to become their mistress. She
resolved to draw him out at once
~Aleck, it was the first time she had ever
pronounced that name aloud, and she treu-
blod ? g her audaciry, but she must go on.
"Aleci, hi wooed be much 'bliged ef 80 wooed
speeli to me jus like 70 wooed speeii to nj
brudGer. Wat 70 want to hasz i'm 20 can
hasE lie. Eet Will be hail de same.
Alecz Harris looked mp into her face
squarcly and frankly. He had not the
slightest suspicion of what had caused those
deep bushes, and bright sparkle in those
eyes He was a mere babe il such matters.
wei, il / must, why | must but would
much prefer talking 20 your brother. You
know how hard il is to move woman when
her affections are concerned, and ! confess
haven't much faith in moving YOU"
AjCsine whispered almost inaUdibly: "Yo
must not say dat"
The truth is, old man Fagot, over on the
bayou, has offered me his fast mare, that he
bought in New Orleans for S100 Now,
know how much you ike that pet horse of
yours, but ] prefer hiI1 to Fagot's, and |
came over to see whether You would sell
Ii Boucta was here l know could make a
trade"
The young lady was looking him now
squarey III the eye With every word be
uttered h.r face grew paler and paler. AT
last he co..l stand it no longer
'Sieur E;.reese Stop right dare. hall de
time links 20 one gentleman han | Railways
say 20 10 my brudder, but hi can no stan dis.
No come ere TO suit poor ieetle girl hin er
own 'ouse. Yo har de most awfullest man
what / ever see. Eet is toe much too much, "
and she rushed TO Der room and threw herself
on the bed.
Harris was staggered. He could not &C.
count for the strange actious OF the young
LADY He knew he had said nothing TO wound
her feelings. But why this outburst? At last
it da Whcd on aim that the lady had nisinter-
pretcd his visit Us one Of wooing, It struck
him all OF heap Such a thought had never
entered his mind. He could hear her sobs
from an inner room and they touched him
After all it might be better for him to take a
wife. He had become tired of living alone.
fl,. ind -
cattle, some OF them his own, be reflected
over the matter. He might do worse. Alo-
sine was not bad looking and was good do
nestle girl. Yes, he would try it. He called
to her. bat no answer came. Then be arose
and approached her room. He was met with
a vUicy OF GhrlekS
'Alosire my darling, viii you take me
now. t is you, and not the horse, | want"
Alas. his words fell upon a deserted house.
Re had hesitated before the closed door. He
felt that it would not be proper for him to
enter, 50 lie called in tender voice: "AloSinel
Ao-inel' but everything was silent. Fleet
as a deer, the young lady had fed over the
prairie. and she never heard the afTectionate
call of her now lover
He turned, mounted his pony and rode
homeward regretting that he had frightened
the timid Alosine.
The brother Boneta called upon him the
next day for an explanation, when Harris
told of Alosine's misapprehension of his OBJ
iect. and a bargain was made for her pet
horse. Not a word did Harris say of his sud
den resolution to ask the girls hand. The
episode had, however, attracted his attention
to natrimOny. and few months later he
espoused Gustavine Floriel, of Bayou Yer
million II was only after his marriage that
he told the story on himself, which, coming
to Alosine's ears, sent her to bed sick.
Sitting on that same gallery of the Ponpor
house IN old lady can still he seen of after
Moons. bat 70 EoIsenan ever alights beneath
the china tree near her home. Her one golden
opportunity had gone.-Charles Z. Whitney